MCP2005 Shanghai Guide MCP2005 Shanghai Guide Note: All information excerpted from the web sites: www.jianguo.com, http://lyw.sh.gov.cn/en/ and www.chinatour.com Conference Venue: Jian Guo Hotel 建国宾馆 439 Cao Xi Road (N), Shanghai (漕溪北路 439 号) Located in the XuJiaHui CBD (徐家汇商业区) Page 1 of 30 MCP2005 Shanghai Guide Contents 1. Jian Guo Hotel……………………..………………………….3 2. Introduction to Shanghai ……………………………….…...5 3. Shanghai Map ………………………………………………….6 3. Downtown Shanghai ………………………………………….7 4. Shanghai Metro …………………………….…………………..8 6. Scenic Spots ……………………………………………………9 7. Tour Bus Center ……………………………………………….24 8. Restaurants ………………………………….…………………24 9. China Travel ABC ………………………….……….…………26 10. Famous Shops & Stores ……………….……….………….27 11. Safety in China ………………………….…….…….………..29 12. Survival Chinese ……………………….…….………………30 Page 2 of 30 MCP2005 Shanghai Guide 1. Jian Guo Hotel • 30 minutes drive to Hongqiao International Airport • 10 minutes drive to Nanjing Road CBD • 60 minutes drive to Pudong International Airport • A stone’s throw to the subway station • 10 minutes drive to Huaihai Road CBD In the center of XuJiaHui, one of the busiest CBD areas of delicacies and Korean specialty food. The newly- Shanghai, Jianguo Hotel Shanghai, a four-star hotel with decorated executive floors with a specially designated easy access to the subway and inner ring road, is well- Lounge are a magnificent plus, catering exclusively to known for its comfortable and excellent service rendered business travelers. by its sincere and warm staff. Other facilities include the business center, gift shop, Fully equipped with all the facilities a modern hotel has to beauty salon, sauna center, health club, airliner's counter, offer, the hotel has a capacity of 453 luxuriously furnished etc., all add to the comfort and convenience for the guest guest rooms. The multi-function room is an ideal place for stay. banquets, receptions, buffets, conferences, gala dancing parties, performances, etc. All the 453 elegantly furnished guest rooms are fully equipped with central air-conditioning, electronic access The Chinese and Western restaurants feature traditional control system, satellite TV programs, broadband access, Cantonese cuisine, local flavors of Shanghai, Japanese mini-bar, and the personal safe. Page 3 of 30 MCP2005 Shanghai Guide Location of Jian Guo Hotel Page 4 of 30 MCP2005 Shanghai Guide 2. Introduction to Shanghai Shanghai, also named "Hu" or "Shen" in short, is situated annual passenger transport volume will be 20,000,000 at 31"14' north latitude and 121"29' east longitude, and in person/times. Plus that of the Hongqiao International the middle of China's east coastline. It occupies a total Airport, it will be 30,000,000 person/times. Subways No.1 area of 6,341sq.km. (of which Pudong new Area occupies and 2 and the light-rail first phase project are in operation. 523sq.km.), with a total resident population of 16,000,000. Together with the 10 special tour bus lines connecting It has a pleasant climate, with four distinct seasons. The Shanghai with neighbouring tourist areas, they will render average temperature is around 18oC and the annual faster service and more convenience in urban precipitation is 1,240mm. communications to tourists. Recently, the magnetic Shanghai, an open city on the coast and a famous buoyant train has been opened to the public. It offers historical and cultural city, is a gate to the Yangtze River travelers a zero height of flight at 430 km/hr. delta. It is a municipality under the direct jurisdiction of the Central Government, the largest economic and trade center, a comprehensive industrial base and the leading port in China. Shanghai is well known in the world not only for its prosperous cosmopolitan feature but also for its rich humanistic resources. In recent years, a number of modem buildings have been added to the city, such as the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Library, Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Grand Theatre, Shanghai Circus City, Shanghai City-Planning Exhibition Hall and Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai Science & Technology Museum. They have become new scenic sights in Shanghai. Colorful festivities, like Shanghai Tourism Festival and Shanghai China International Art Festival, have attracted an increasing number of tourists from home and overseas. Shanghai's tourist infrastructure is getting more and more accomplished. By the end of 2002, there were 40 international travel services, 524 domestic travel services and 300 star-rated hotels with about 50,000 rooms. Shanghai is an ideal "paradise for shoppers". There are commercial streets and shopping areas like the famous Nanjing Road Pedestrian Mall, Huaihai Road, Sichuan Bei Road, Yuyuan Commercial and Tourist Area, the Ever Bright Commercial City, Xujiahui Commercial City and Zhangyang Road Commercial City in Pudong. There, shops stand rows upon rows with large collections of beautiful commodities, meeting the needs of tourists of different levels. Shanghai is also the paradise for gourmets. There are over a thousand restaurants serving the 16 different styles of food in China, such as the Beijing, Sichuan, Guangdong, Yangzhou, Fujian, etc. There are Western restaurants serving French, Russian, Italian, English, German, Japanese and Indian food and also The Asian largest catholic cathedral in Xu Jia Hui Muslim and vegetarian food. In Shanghai, one can have a taste of all the delicacies in the world. Shanghai is well On Dec. 3, 2002, Shanghai succeeded in winning the bid developed in communications by land, water and air. for the sponsorship of World Expo 2010. The world has There are over 40 Chinese and foreign air companies given China a share of luck and Shanghai will add more opening about 300 air routes dispatching from Shanghai. splendor to the world Shanghai is ushering in excellent Shanghai Railway Station dispatches everyday 80 pairs of opportunities for development. People of Shanghai warmly trains back and forth from Shanghai. There are the welcome visitors from home and overseas. Shanghai-Nanjing, Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Freeways. The Pudong International Airport has opened for traffic. Its Page 5 of 30 MCP2005 Shanghai Guide 3. Shanghai Map Page 6 of 30 MCP2005 Shanghai Guide 4. Downtown Shanghai Page 7 of 30 MCP2005 Shanghai Guide 5. Shanghai Metro Page 8 of 30 MCP2005 Shanghai Guide 6. Scenic Spots The New Bund Located at the banks of the Huangpu River between remained a symbol of Shanghai. At night when the Waibaidu Bridge and Nanpu Bridge, the New Bund has a floodlights of the buildings are switched on at the same total length of 4 kilometers. It rests against the Huangpu time, the buildings look exactly like crystal palaces, which, River on the east and a row of 52 unique buildings set off by the Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower integrating the Oriental and Occidental architectural styles on the east bank of the Huangpu River, are even more on the west, generally known as “buildings in multinational brilliant and dazzling. The New Bund is reputed to be one styles of architecture”, which, for over a century, has of the “Ten Best Scenic Spots of Shanghai”. Nanjing Road Pedestrian Mall Nanjing Road of Shanghai, known as “China's premier shopping street”, is flanked by hundreds of huge shopping centers, specialty stores and shops with unique Chinese characteristics and a long history. The pedestrian mall starts from Xizang Road (Middle) in the west and ends at He’nan Road (Middle) in the east. At the east and west ends of the pedestrian mall are two dark red marble screens, on which are former president Jiang Zeming’s autograph: Nanjing Road Pedestrian Mall. Completed at the 50th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, The mall gives a total new look to the hundred year old Page 9 of 30 MCP2005 Shanghai Guide spot of Shanghai. Shanghai No. 1 Department Store (the adding a unique charm to it. Walking along this road, one Nanjing Road, making it another beautiful urban scenic will have a great sense of pleasure. The colorfully glazed former Daxin Company), Hualian Department Store (the floor tiles, the uniform peddler’s stands in the middle of the former Yong’an Company), Shanghai Fashion Co., LTD. road, the fashionable stores flanking the street, the (the former ), and Shanghai No. 1 Foodstuff Store (the hustling and bustling crowd, the small, lovely sightseeing former Xinxin Company) are four major companies that trains, the uniquely-designed city sculptures…, all these reflect the past and present of Nanjing Road, making the constitute a modern urban view of Shanghai. road a combination of traditional and modern styles and The Jingmao Building / Tower Standing at 1, Century Boulevard, the Jingmao Building faces the Bund across the Huangpu river. With a total height of 420.5 meters, it ranks third in the world and first in China. The building has a total floor space of 290 thousand square meters, with 88 floors above ground, 3 floors underground and 6 floors of side buildings. The Jingmao Building, which combines traditional and modern styles, is generally regarded as a landmark building of Shanghai, a city striving for excellence in the 21st century. The observation deck on the 88th floor at the height of 340.1 meters covers an area of 1,520 square meters and is the largest observation deck currently in China. It is luxuriously decorated with imported marble and the thickness of the marble on the wall is only 3mm. The glass wall offers a panorama of views. Standing at the deck, tourists can have a bird’s-eye-view of the urban sceneries of Shanghai and the magnificent view at the estuary of the Yangtze River. The two express elevators that escalate at 9.1 meters per second send tourists to the top of the building in only 45 seconds. God Temple - Yuyuan Commercial City The City God Temple in Shanghai was built during the year Yongle (after 1403) of the Ming Dynasty.